Movember is here!!!

DucksNuts · 11-01-2006, 05:03 PM

No need for the ladies to participate.

Movember

Hagar · 11-01-2006, 05:11 PM

On an almost un-related subject, I want my talking Boonie!!!

Trouble is, I have to buy VB to get him...

Aliantha · 11-01-2006, 05:32 PM

I can't wait for the Ashes to start so we can slaughter the pommies!

Elspode · 11-01-2006, 05:37 PM

Glad to see that oblique cultural advertising initiatives are just as bizarre down under as they are here.

Is the National Depression Initiative promoting or trying to get rid of depression? I can't really tell from the splash page ad, there.

DucksNuts · 11-01-2006, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hagar

On an almost un-related subject, I want my talking Boonie!!!

Trouble is, I have to buy VB to get him...

Ebay baby, ebay.

I bought one for our apprentice mechanic for $20-ish.

Aliantha · 11-01-2006, 08:38 PM

Elspode...it's for getting rid of it or treating it. Whichever way you want to look at it. Check out the beyondblue website.

Hagar · 11-02-2006, 01:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

Ebay baby, ebay.

I bought one for our apprentice mechanic for $20-ish.

Cool, I never thought of Ebay for a Boonie! OMG the crap some folks sell (and buy)!!!!

xoxoxoBruce · 11-02-2006, 02:19 AM

What the hell is a boonie?

Hagar · 11-02-2006, 04:02 AM

Australian Cricketing hero and cultural Icon. You get him by buying beer!
He talks when you place him on the TV during the Ashes Test coverage.

DucksNuts · 11-02-2006, 04:35 AM

David Boon is an Australian Cricketing Icon. He has the big handle bar moustache, beer gut and he's huge. He's a funny bugger and last year they bought out a *talking boonie doll*. He sits on your coffee table and (im not sure of the technology and I'm too lazy to look it up) makes comments before, during and after the game.

Like he says, "Crickets starting in 30 minutes"..."get me a beer" etc etc

He was very popular!!

DucksNuts · 11-02-2006, 04:35 AM

Boonie Pulled Apart

BigV · 11-09-2006, 06:01 PM

omg

I read a couple of blogs there... that boonie insanity sounds like fun! anybody here have one?

Elspode · 11-09-2006, 06:12 PM

Alright. It is high time, and now I have a chance. Right here, RFN...*someone*, in two brief paragraphs or less, PLEASE explain cricket to me? I'd like to be able to understand, if not actually enjoy, this game the next time I stumble upon it on cable.

Happy Monkey · 11-09-2006, 06:17 PM

Some people dress posh, others dress preppie. The preppie ones play some sort of ball game involving paddles and wickets, and the posh ones socialize.

DucksNuts · 11-09-2006, 08:09 PM

Two Teams, *bat* is tossed to see who bats v's who fields. Batting team has 2 batters out on the *pitch* at a time. You have spin bowlers (slow) and fast bowlers (obvious). To get a batter out (who is facing the ball) you must
a) bowl them out - this can be done by hitting the *stumps/wicket* (sticks at each end of the pitch) as the ball is bowled at the batter.
b) field them out - caught ball (can be caught off the batters pads as well as in field)
c) run them out - if a batter doesnt make it over the white lines and the ball strikes the wickets
d) LBW - Leg Before Wicket...this is where you will see/hear everyone jump around and go "HOWZZZZAAATT!!!!". This is where the batter puts himself in front of the wicket, protecting it as such, from getting bowled.

Scored - runs are 1, 4's (when the ball hits the fence/rope) or 6's (over the fence).

Someone else will have to explain the One Dayer v's Several Dayer.

I know you have to chase the other teams score and have *wickets* (batters not out) in hand at the end of a One Dayer.

Ummm - you will have to ask if you want to know anything else, I'm way past my 2 paragraphs.

11-01-2006, 05:03 PM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Movember is here!!! No need for the ladies to participate. Movember

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Hagar Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 220	On an almost un-related subject, I want my talking Boonie!!! Trouble is, I have to buy VB to get him... Last edited by Hagar; 11-01-2006 at 05:38 PM.

11-01-2006, 05:32 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I can't wait for the Ashes to start so we can slaughter the pommies! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-01-2006, 05:37 PM	#4
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Glad to see that oblique cultural advertising initiatives are just as bizarre down under as they are here. Is the National Depression Initiative promoting or trying to get rid of depression? I can't really tell from the splash page ad, there. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-01-2006, 08:38 PM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Elspode...it's for getting rid of it or treating it. Whichever way you want to look at it. Check out the beyondblue website. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-02-2006, 02:19 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What the hell is a boonie? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-02-2006, 04:02 AM	#9
Hagar Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 220	Australian Cricketing hero and cultural Icon. You get him by buying beer! He talks when you place him on the TV during the Ashes Test coverage.

11-02-2006, 04:35 AM	#10
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	David Boon is an Australian Cricketing Icon. He has the big handle bar moustache, beer gut and he's huge. He's a funny bugger and last year they bought out a talking boonie doll. He sits on your coffee table and (im not sure of the technology and I'm too lazy to look it up) makes comments before, during and after the game. Like he says, "Crickets starting in 30 minutes"..."get me a beer" etc etc He was very popular!!

11-09-2006, 06:01 PM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	omg I read a couple of blogs there... that boonie insanity sounds like fun! anybody here have one? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

11-09-2006, 06:12 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Alright. It is high time, and now I have a chance. Right here, RFN...someone, in two brief paragraphs or less, PLEASE explain cricket to me? I'd like to be able to understand, if not actually enjoy, this game the next time I stumble upon it on cable. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-09-2006, 06:17 PM	#14
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Some people dress posh, others dress preppie. The preppie ones play some sort of ball game involving paddles and wickets, and the posh ones socialize. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-09-2006, 08:09 PM	#15
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Two Teams, bat is tossed to see who bats v's who fields. Batting team has 2 batters out on the pitch at a time. You have spin bowlers (slow) and fast bowlers (obvious). To get a batter out (who is facing the ball) you must a) bowl them out - this can be done by hitting the stumps/wicket (sticks at each end of the pitch) as the ball is bowled at the batter. b) field them out - caught ball (can be caught off the batters pads as well as in field) c) run them out - if a batter doesnt make it over the white lines and the ball strikes the wickets d) LBW - Leg Before Wicket...this is where you will see/hear everyone jump around and go "HOWZZZZAAATT!!!!". This is where the batter puts himself in front of the wicket, protecting it as such, from getting bowled. Scored - runs are 1, 4's (when the ball hits the fence/rope) or 6's (over the fence). Someone else will have to explain the One Dayer v's Several Dayer. I know you have to chase the other teams score and have wickets (batters not out) in hand at the end of a One Dayer. Ummm - you will have to ask if you want to know anything else, I'm way past my 2 paragraphs.

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